Girlfriends (Korean: 걸프렌즈; RR: Gyeolpeurenjeu) is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy film starring Kang Hye-jung, Han Chae-young, Huh E-jae and Bae Soo-bin.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Kang Suk-bum |
| Written by | Noh Hye-young Lee Ji-chang |
| Based on | Girlfriends by Lee Hong |
| Produced by | Hwang Pil-seon Seo Jeong |
| Starring | Kang Hye-jung Han Chae-young Huh E-jae Bae Soo-bin |
| Cinematography | Kim Jun-young |
| Edited by | Kyung Min-ho |
| Music by | Bang Jun-seok |
| Distributed by | Next Entertainment World (South Korea) Mirovision (International) |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | (admissions: 107,946) |
It is based on the 2007 chick lit novel of the same title by Lee Hong, which won the 31st Writer of Today Award.[3][4]
Plot
edit29-year-old Song-yi (Kang Hye-jung) starts dating her handsome co-worker Jin-ho (Bae Soo-bin). But when she suspects Jin-ho might be cheating on her, she sets out to meet the "other woman," only to learn that he has not one, but two, other "girlfriends": Jin (Han Chae-young), Jin-ho's first love, is a sexy and successful party planner, while Bo-ra (Huh E-jae) is a fearless, young college student. On one hand, Song-yi wants to keep Jin-ho all to herself, but strangely enough, she grows close to the two other women and their similar taste in men becomes the basis of a great friendship and a passionate, incestuous love affair.[5]
Cast
edit- Kang Hye-jung as Song-yi[6][7][8]
- Han Chae-young as Jin[9]
- Huh E-jae as Bo-ra
- Bae Soo-bin as Jin-ho
- Jo Eun-ji as Hyun-joo
- Kim Hye-ok as Mom
- Hong Gyo-jin as Representative Park
- Jung In-hwa as Team leader Jung
- Kim Joon-young as real doctor
- Shin Dae-seung as man at intersection
- Hwang Hyun-seo as woman at intersection
- Kim Bo-min as yoga instructor
- Kim Yong-woon as action man 1
- Han Dae-ryong as action man 2
- Kwak Jin-seok as action man 3
- Choi Gyo-sik as rice store owner
- 2NE1 as club party guests (cameo)
- Oh Dal-su as voice doctor (cameo)
- Choi Song-hyun as Soo-kyung (cameo)
- Lee Ho-seong as Dad (cameo)
- Kim Kwang-kyu as department head (cameo)
- Ji Dae-han as taxi driver (cameo)
- Gong Jung-hwan as Mikael (cameo)
- Hwang Hyeon-hee as Jae-hoon (cameo)
- Son Jeong-min as mistress (cameo)
- Park Sung-woong as Jin's husband (cameo)
- Son Ho-young as club party guest Yoo Myeong-nam (cameo)
References
edit- ^ Lee, Ji-hye (18 December 2009). "Press Conference - Movie Girlfriends". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "Actresses pose for the new film Girl Friends in Yangyang, Gangwon Province". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "Genre Literature In Pure Fiction". The Dong-A Ilbo. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ 남자 하나 여자 셋의 발칙한 연애소설 『걸프렌즈』의 이홍. Yes24 (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "Girlfriends (2009)". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Kang Hye-jung - Part 1". 10Asia. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Kang Hye-jung - Part 2". 10Asia. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "Kang Hye-jeong's Movie Picks". 10Asia. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "Han Chae-young's Song Picks". 10Asia. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- Girlfriends at HanCinema
- Girlfriends at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Girlfriends at IMDb